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The Laurens advertiser. (Laurens, S.C.) 1885-1973, 1887-01-12
CHARLESTON, S. G., Sept. /. 1885.

CHARLESTON, S. G., Sept. /, 1885.
il. Il. EwBANK, ESQ, President of
The Topaz Cinchona Cordial Co.,
Spartanburg, S. c.: Dear Sir-I have
used a case of your Topaz Cordial in
my family, and as a Tonic and Ape
tier ! III chccrfully recommend il TO
al! who arc suffering from Debility
aud lack of appetite. My children,
especially, have been much benefited
by its use. Respectfully,
llUTSoN LEE.
Ask your druggist for EwBANK's
ToPAz CINCnOEA CORDIAL and take
no other.
Tue ToPAZ CINCHoNA CORDIAL Co.,
Spartanburg, S. c., U. S. A.
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PlNkERTON CAUGHT THEM.
ALL FIVE oFTHE EMPRESS ROBBERS
IN CUSTODY.

n Marvellous Narrative of Their Detection
Through the Impudencr of R~insieader
Witrock in Writing the"Jim Cummings"
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When Kinney returned to Chicago he
and Weaver were seen TO cautiously en-.
ter the Witrock House, the blinds oil
which were constantly drawn, although
lights could be seen inside. On Friday
morning the mysterious shadow came
out OF the Witrock House, us did also
Kinney, and, after making n careful sur
yey, Witcock appeared. Tho men went
south on Lincoln street, showing evident
alarm all the while, and entered n liquor
store kept by an Italian on Madison
street near Lincoln. Robert A. Pinker-
ton and two operatives Swallowed the
place until Kinney went out when they
entered and arrested Witrock after Il
sharp struggle. The latter attempted 10
draw n revolver, two of which were
found on his person. He protested
against the indignity, but he was search
ed and Sll0 taken from Il red pocket
book found on his person. The shadow
was searched and 81, 800 Was found on
his person. The shadow turned ont to
be q young man named George W..
Burnham, whom WitrOck had met in
Savannah, Ga. He explained that he
Ind come North with Witrock and had
Swallowed the %latter's house, as Witrock
had explained that he had shot u man in
Chicago in o row and wanted to escape
arrest. He WAS afterwards released,
when he had explained to the satisfac-
tion Of the detectives that he had no
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The popular idea of the swan embraces
little more than its gracefulness of form and
movement, its shining plumage, and the
sweetness of its dying song. Mr.. g. G. Davies
in his book on the Norfolk Broads,n has
much more to tell his readers in regard to THE
fowl. Among other traits Of swan character he
found is its readiness to fightin defense of It's
life and property. The authors experience
was instructive at any rate. Sometimes, in
exploring a jungle of weeds, you come upon
the huge pile Of a nest where one swan is
sitting on the eggs, and the other is swim
ming round keeping guard. IL you desire
to pass close by the nest at such time, the
best advice to follow is--don't. Try
some other channel. A swan can
break your arm with his wing, and
is only to be kept at bay by hard knocks,
which 1t is pity to give him. We once had
desperate fight in this way. We had come
suddenly upon a nest and In trying to re
treat the boat stuck fast, and the male swan
took advantage of our position to attack us
In real earnest. II was no use flying flag Oh
truce or telling him we didn't mean it. We
were Obliged to hit him very ha I'd with an
oar before he became convinced of our peace
able intentions and let us go. Notwithstand.
ing the nests are often placed in very ex.
posed positions, they are never robbed, ow
ing, no doubt, to the sturdy watch kept by
the narent bird
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In Egypt the custom long prevailed Of
swearing BY the goose.
The ancient Germans swore by their gods,
by their swords and by their birds.
The Scandinavians, besides appealing to
their gods, touched bloody ring in the hands
Of priest.
in some parts of China witness is sworn
upon q saucer, which is broken at the
moment he takes the oath.
The Hindoo swears by the "veda," the
sacred book Of his religion. In like manner
the Mohammedan Is sworn on the Koran .
In Madagascar the people swear either by
their sovereign or by their mothers, and
there are two forms OF witnessing the oath,
one TO strike the water and the other To
''spear the calf
The Legislature Of Quebecis considering a
bill, which, II IL becomes law, will require
every court to provide itself with an official
ccrucihx 70 swear witnesses by. The proposal
has stirred up lively commotion among
non-Catholics.
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wives and little ones, frolcking in the
breakers. And don't believe you will
see any such bathing anywhere else in
the world. Everybody there hangs to a
rope. The surface of the water and the
air just above 1t for hundred yards from
the shore are filed with q network of
ropes, some supported on floating buoys
and some tied to posts driven into the
sand. From the ropes overhead little
dangling ends of rope depend to the
waters surface, so that the beach has a
most strange appearance, as If 1t was the
submerged backyard of vast laundry
kept ready for drying clothes. The
women cling to the ropes and jump up
and down and scream in a manner sug.
gestive Of physical torture, but intended
to betray ecstatic delight.
Rockaway is distinctly the resort Of
the Irish, as of the poor and of the chill
dren. Consequently there Is plenty of
fun and of dancing and of good-fellow.
ship there. Fishermen also favor the
place, and the piers and small boats are
ever in demand by clerks and shopkeepers
down for days fishing. OF all the kinds
of persons who go there or live there no
one attempts what is called putting on
style;" no one swells about in q carriage;
no one puts up palatial store or tavern
or building Of any kind. Plainness is
the rule with everybody and everything,
and when was there the other day saw
the proprietor of the principal hotel
playing pick-a-back with his little boy
and his wife conversing pleasantly with
her gardener
But there is another Rockaway that is
even more remarkable Ii is called Far
Rockaway and is the next beach along
the coast The two Rockaways were
famous resorts fifty years ago and Far
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are crowded with people enjoying an easy
age (the sherry cobbler, that most pal
atable OF American inventions, being
highly priced in Paris). II Is amusing
and interesting to spend few moments
in such cafe. The seats in its richly
ornamented saloons, as we'll as those out
on the footwaik and upon the balconies,
are occupied by hundreds of people, maxi
ing 1t at any time between p. M. and
midnight difficult task to find vacant
chairs. Above the constant hum of the
conversation one hears the frequent calls
of customers; "Garcont an book p Gar
conf Wn mdsagrdaf and the walters
ready answer: "S'psdit M siestr p A glass
of beer is called un bock nsdsdgran is the
name Of huge glass with cold coffee.
The walters with their white aprons
and short black jackets walk slipshod,
and with agility wind their way between
the tables, astonishing the looker-on by
the ease with which they carry huge
pyramids Of cups and glasses in each
hand, holding their load, now high up
above their heads, to avoid collision,
now with outstretched arms before
them, to allow some customer to help
himself. The ever-changing stream of
passers-by almost hides from ones view
the middle of the street, over whose
smooth asphalt pavement innumerable
pleasure carriages, omnibuses and coaches
move at fast pace, and with no greater
noise than dim roll and the clatter OF
the horses hoofs. The footways are
crowded with pedestrians, for the greater
part well-dresscd ladies and gentlemen,
soldiers In gaudy uniforms, among whom
few workingmen in red, blue or white
blouses and ioose-fitting blue pantaloons
are conspicuous, while beggars of both
sexes pace to and fro, often doggedly fol-
lowing the steps of some idier, exasper-
ating him with their menotonous LA
q pleasant eSehiag ii, zig cartier part
Of this month found me and friend IAN
American, too) seated al little table
before the cafe dc PogerG. The electric
lights, the glittering illumination of
shop windows, the unusually numerous
walkers and the many carriages with
lanterns made the scene bright one.
Our table was in the midst of host of
others, at each of which loud CONVEX
sation was being carried on. We had
been talking about various subjects,
when bad luck brought our conversation
to bear upon the theatre. My friend
criticised the last performance at the
opera, and was specially irate at what he
called the indecorum Of the ballet. He
was about to give me the benefit of a
short discourse upon the degradation of
the stage, indecency in art and the like,
and mentioned, by way of illustration, the
name of danseuse well-known In this
city for the rapidity with which she leaps
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from one extrayagant pose to the other.
No sooner had the name of MademosseHe
In been uttered than we noticed a
little tumult among the occupants Of q
table next to ours. One of them, hot
tempered little fellow, his silk hat almost
In his neck and big flower in his but
ton-hole, arose, stepped to our table and
In very angry and excited voice, asked !:
"What fault 90 monsieur found with
Madeg,oise1e L-nf Ali Ia clsarMsante
file" (Here he gasped and lifted his
hapds above his head, as If to invoke the
powers above.) "It Is not for coarse, yul-
gar John Butts" (he mistook US for En-
glishmen) ito talk unexpectedly abou t
the most charming of all angels that
grace the stage" He lifted bis hat of
his head and became fairly blasted
with ecstasy.
| OF course, all the people around us had
stopped their conversation and were
eagerly watching what promised to be-
come an amusing incident. Besides, 1t
secame known that we we're John Bulls,
snd as the people Of that nation have never
been in the favor OF Parisians, the feelings
were pretty generally against us. Neither
my friend nor knew what to say or do
so we merely stared at each other In
dumb amazement Neither of US was
sufficiently acquainted with the French
language to find, on SO sudden call
words to explain the affair. My friend
however, said, with as much of French
accent as he could summon Meme
no John Bull" But our little, irrasci
bic adversary understood it wrong HI
thought 1t was meant that he had nj
right to call us by that name. "Com
ment? Not say John Bull" he cried a
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the top Of his voice; "you arc John
Bullsl" "a blow with his kid gloved fist
upon the tablet "you are des sGcres John
Bulls p (here he took off one glove)
land defy you ; | dare you; t." Here
he was stopped short in very summary
manner, by my friends fist dropping
heavily upon the hook-nose that over
Swallowed his Imperial. For the fellow
had hit my friend in the face with HIS
glove, by way of challenging him. The
blow he received in return not only upset
that brawling little Frenchman, but also
our table, with its glasses, the land
lord, who had just arrived at the field OF
action with pacifying intentions within
his bosom, and a walter who stood be-
hind the landlord, and who spilled the
contents of tower of cups and glasses
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A Very Favorable Outlook for Cotton
wheat and Corn.


Wheat and Corn.
With commendable enterprise the Louis
vile Oouyter-Jouraal has obtained reports
from over hundred counties in the States
Of Kentucky, Indiana, Arkansas, Tennessee,
Georgia, Alabama and Mississippi on the
crop prospects. On the whole, they are de-
cidedly cheerful Complaints of scarcity
Of available labor are few, If not far between
Cotton in West Tennessee and the northern
counties of Arkansas, Mississippi and Ala
bama is In much better shape than at this
time year ago. In Georgia cotton and corr
are little behindhand in consequence of the
drouth, but the wheat seems to be all right
The farmers areraising more breadstuffs than
ever before, and are supplying themselves
with modern agricultural machinery. An
average wheat crop is reported from Tennes
see, but at some points the farmers have hae
to replant their cornfelds. In the central
counties of the State increased attention is
being paid to the breeding of fine livestock
In Kentucky the wheat, corn and other
grains promise average crops, but the tobacco
growers have been discouraged by the low
prices, and the yield of that weed is likely &c
fall off about forty per cent. from last years
figures In consequence of the April frost
there win be comparatively few peaches, and
only about half crop of apples The fruit
orchards have suffered severely in Tennessee
and Georgia also.
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logical.


A Georgia paper records the following an
ecdote illustrating the difficulty which
children frequently experience In making
distinctions There Is such a thing as maxi
ing rule too inhexible, and carrying logic
too far: He was learning to spell and read
at the same time, and his text book was
first reader. His chief stumbling stone was
a double letter. When he came. to
the word "feel," instead Of spelling
II "f-double oil, feel" he would say
"f-e-el, repeating the double letter
twice. It took weeks TO impress him
with the necessity Of saying "double' when
ever he found two letters together, but he
learned it at last One day, toward the close
of a vacation, during which he had grown
rusty, he was brought out before a company
Of ladies and gentlemen to read any piece
they might select In his fret reader. His
mother watched him with trembling anxiety,
but he appeared TO feel himself equal TO the
occasion. A young lady among the company
selected little poem which began with this
line:
Up, up, Lucy, the sun is In the sky.
The embryo logician took his place in the
centre OF the paflor floor, made bow, ana
read the first line as follows; Double up,
Lucy, the sun is in the sky" He never I'M
ished the recitation.
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in the hotels, for there has arisen there &
considerable cottage community, very
big one, with horse-cars and long blocks Of
city-like stores. This is on the mainland
and skirts q broad and beautiful bay OF
sound with narrow reef of sand beyonG
to keep out the ocean. This reef of sane
is where the long lines of wooden bath
houses are and to get to 1t you must ride
over in sloop at one of two ferries. Big
stanch boats, that carry huge sails and
are captained by hardy young sea-dogs
from Patchogue and Babylon, are what
are used and very pretty indeed do they
cause the green bay to look as they dip
and careen along, flashing their canvas
in the sunlight and carrying their cock.
pits full of pretty girls and laughter.
loving beaux. The sail across is lovely
There Is almost always wind stirring
and crowd of good company. aboard.
Once across on the reef the main bust
ness Is bathing, and 1t is bathing of q
very different sort from that at which we
were just looking In old Rockaway,
Here are no ropes at all--nothing but
the ever-sounding pillows and the broad
ribbon of white sand to race and frolic
and rest upon. The bathing-houses are
of the primitive kind, but not at all so
are the bathers, for while the main ele
ment of the cottage life is composed OF
the families Of persons in moderate cir,
cumstances, there 10 an off-shoot of the
place called Cedarhurst and another
called Wave Crest, inhabited by very
rich and exclusive folks. All battle to-
gether in this little spit of sand, and
hundreds have their own bathing robes
kept there for Them Very pretty and
dainty some of the bathing dreesea of
the ladies look--afl of white flannel or OF
red or blue, decked with bows and pretty
collars and braid at cost of inventive
fancy and sometimes of money such as
might well accompany the production Of
ball or reception gown. The beach looks
very gay indeed when crowded with
fashion and beauty, and you may be sure
there is little lack of the masculine ele.
ment in such place.
At night Far Rockaway takes another
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eating houses, museums, side-shows,
shooting galleries, dance payilions and
all the rest-much after the pattern of
the cheap and crowded end of Coney
Island, only on far less extensive scale.
Everything strikes you as cheap; In fact,
everything is advertised either as free or
cheap. A novel feature of the place is
the frequent appearance of the words
"These Tables Free" You see that an
nouncement placarded on trees in tiny
weather-beaten grove, you see IL on the
piazzas of the beer shops and the plat
forms of the buildings. What IL means
illustrates the character of the place and
of the crowds that resort to 1t. That is
that it offers TO excursionists the free
right to empty their baskets and spread
their luneheons ON the tables, the pro-
prietors hoping to make profit out OF
the beer that may be drunk with the
food
There you have Rockaway at a glance
or, rather, you would have it II you could
see that these free tables are crowded by
poor women and children all day long,
the men being greatly in the minority. 1t
is the resort of the poor. 1t is also
the resort of the children. Down
on the beach you will see them by the
thousand and very curious sights win
you behold in connection with them. IL
cost twenty-five cents for bathing suit
at every resort on the Atlantic coast and
this item is no cheaper at Rockaway.
Twenty-Five cents is too much for poor
woman with six children or four children
to pay, and so the mothers don't pay it.
They simply send their children into the
water without bathing suits. The very
little ones are stripped nude and allowed
to paddle at the edge of the sea; the bigger
ones are often provided with one or two
garments brought along on purpose and
sent in to get as wet as they please. The
still bigger ones have their skirts looped
up or their trousers rolled to their thighs
and are cautioned not to get their clothes
wet.
Bathing Is the prime thing at Rocka-
way, and that is the only city resort
where 1t is so. The beach is broad one,
but it is often almost literally packed
with workingmen and their sisters and
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haps thousands, of lives, for they ven
ture out to sea in rain or shine, or
stormy or foggy weather. Heaven send
that it may never happen.
The boat landings are on the hind side
of Rockaway, on little sound or bay,
and the view of the place from that side
is as pretty and cosy and inviting as if 1t
were rural instead of city resort
You see some tiny groves, a few cottages
and two or three little hotels, all decked
with gay awning, and the sight of the
people doing in chairs or fishing from
the wharves causes the mind to conjure
up dream of rustic joys These van
ish as quickly as the landing is made,
however, for all beyond this fringe of
rustic scenery is the din and crush and
hustle of very popular and populous
resort. The roads leading to the ser,
less than half mile distant, are lined with
the gimcrackery of cheap and crowded
place. with beer booths, cheap
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The Roman soldier used to be trained to
use his left hand as well as his right This
was done SO that If he happened to lose bis
right hand in action, he could carry on
the fight with the left. Our American sol
diers Who have suffered that loss have trained
the left hand to more beneficent use.
A gentleman in New York city, awhile
since. took it into his head to collect speci.
mems Of writing from soldiers who had lost
their right hands in battle and afterward
learned to use the left. He gave public notice
Of his desire, and offered prizes for the best
of these specimens. Pretty soon they began to
come in, and by the time specified Tor award
ing the prizes 800 samples Of such left
hand writing by manned soldiers had arrived.
have been looking over some OF this writ
ing. A great many of the specimens are
written In q beautiful manner. All are
good The writing in nearly all cases slants
backward instead of forward. One piece q
writing from soldier who had lost both
arms was made by holding the pen in his
mouth.--Norfh american Rsvseso.
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fronted four police officers, whom the
noise had attracted, and who, to spite us,
had for once broken with their habit Of
coming too late whenever they are
wanted. There were too many witnesses
very zee ~ TfTgasaiag,, ana We We had com.
mitted the crime Of being mistaken for
Englishmen. SO they marched us off,
amidst as noisy and excited crowd as
one would like to face, and conveyed
us In a cab to the next station house,
where we were duly registered as two
Englishmen, and where we remained over
night, passing the time now with Q
hearty laugh at our own expense, now
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Landlord-Well, here am again.
Tenant-You generally get around
promptly on rent day. Say, want you TO
fix the roof.
Landlord-What's the matter with the
roof
Tenant--It leaks so that the baby crawls
round on the floor and plays in the puddles.
Landlord-I will have to raise your rent IS.
Tenant--The dickens you will
Landlord-Yes can't furnish your kids
with amusement for nothing. -On.dha Her.
aid.
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AFIGHT IN A CAFE.
MISTAKEN FOR JOHN BULLS AND
ATTACKED BY A DUELIsT.
An Irascible Champion Of the Modesty Of
the Baiiet-American FISTS QueIiibg
Gallo Pugnacity-A General Row and a
Promiscuous Upsetting- Explanations.
ISneclal Clorrssnondenca.l

PARIS, June 1.-Among the most strik-
ing features of the spacious boulevards
are the numerous and beautiful coffee
houses, whose little iron chairs and tables
covera part of the footwalk of many a
block. Every summer evening these cgtcs
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woman's Extravaganza In Dress.

A clegyman, in q sermon on Dress
couple OF Sundays ago, advised his congre-
CATION against extravaganza in that direc
ton, and intimated that woman ought 10
get along with at least two new bonnets
year, II women were limited ~ only two
bonnets year, that clergyman would notice
marked falling off in the female portion Oh
his congregation at least twice year.--Nor
risto,cm Herald.
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over the dresses of few ladies at tn
next table.

next table.
A general row ensued Canes and UNI
brellas were fiourished Cries of "a
6ds les Angiats p "Spiesp 70 'fPrussians p
were uttered, and from all sides at
once we were attacked. / do not
know but my friend, who is quick
tempered and well initiated in the noble
art of self defense, might have played
havoc among his assailants had
he not been stopped amidst q
host of scientific blows, which he indis-
criminately dealt out left and right. For
suddenly our arms Il too had not re-
manned inactiye) were caught from
behind, and, looking about, we con-
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phase of It's character. 1t is a lovers
paradise The quiet village streets
abound with young couples, happy in
the enjoyment of being together, car
rage riding or walking, and the bay is
filed with sailing and boating parties,
making the moonlit scene melodious
with their singing and their merry peals
of laughter. Here and there the parlors
are lighted brilliantly, and dancing
parties are in progress, while at the
hotels hops and social entertainments
are very frequent. Far Rockaway is
altogether delightful place. Where IL
is primitive it is hearty, democratic and